Microsoft first released the Visual Studio Emulator for Android for Windows users last year, but during its event today promised that Mac users will also soon gain access.

Microsoft said support for the Android emulator will be coming soon, but didn't give an exact timeframe. Mac users can sign-up to be notified when it's available from the Visual Studio website.

Anyone having performance issues with the android emulator (assuming you're not targeting assembly code) try creating a new AVD with the CPU architecture set to x86.